It looks like Malaysia won’t be recognising cryptocurrency as legal tender anytime soon as despite the urging to do so by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM). Previously, K-KOMM deputy minister called crypto ‘the future of finance’ and urged for the relevant authorities to held discussions in order to legalise it.

However, the proposal was unceremoniously turned down by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) confirmed that the federal government has no intention of recognising crypto as legal tender. This was asserted by the ministry’s first deputy minister, Shahar Abdullah in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.

Today, Astro just announced a new Astro Fibre broadband bundled with its TV content packages. Aimed to deliver the best entertainment experience and broadband value, it starts with an all-new Pek Jimat Kencang RM129 which includes 50Mbps, a Primary Pack consisting of more than 85 channels, and a free Mesh WiFi for 12 months.

Besides the ROG Flow Z13, ASUS has also brought two new stylish ROG gaming backpacks, the ROG Ranger BP2701 and ROG Archer Backpack 15.6, to the local market. Not only have a large capacity, but they're also well-designed to fit in your daily lives. Now, let's have a look at the features of these backpacks!

While we are still waiting for Celcom, Digi and Maxis to announce their 5G adoption plans, U Mobile just announced a new Postpaid 38 plan that is 5G-ready. At RM38 per month, this postpaid has a total of 30GB of high-speed data and unlimited calls as well.

If you haven't been to the city, YES by YTL Communications Sdn. Bhd. just announced its first-ever one-of-its-kind YES 5G Playground in the heart of Kuala Lumpur city. From the 7th until the 31st of March 2022, the YES 5G Playground opens to the public at the Premier Terrace of Lot 10, from 10 AM to 10 PM daily. 

Today, Setel has announced a new partnership with GrabPay Malaysia to provide GrabPay as a top-up option when reloading the Setel Wallet. Not only is it offering convenience, but there are also inclusive and rewarding experiences for both Setel and GrabPay users. 

It seems that next-gen of flagship mobile chipsets will be sacrificing power efficiency in favour of performance boost. This is according to a new leak that claimed ARM’s upcoming Cortex-X3 cores to be more power hungry than its predecessor.

The new Cortex-X3 cores are expected to make its way into next generation mobile chipsets including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Samsung Exynos 2300. Furthermore, it may even feature inside the MediaTek Dimensity 10000.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has revealed that 34.4% of the adult population in Malaysia has yet to get the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose. That amounts to approximately 7.5 million people in our country.

Furthermore, out of the number, Khairy said that 2.1 million are recipients of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine and another 835000 are senior citizens. He then urged the two categories above to take the booster dose by 1 April 2022 or risk losing their ‘fully vaccinated’ status in MySejahtera. 

We have been reporting news about Apex Legends Mobile for a while now but today is your lucky day. If you head over to your Google PlayStore now, you will be able to pre-register for Apex Legends Mobile right now.

airasia ride, the e-hailing service operated by Capital A (previously known as AirAsia) launched Community Drivers on its plaform yesterday, a new feature that caters to different passenger needs. The feature kicks off with a LadiesONLY Driver community, with another four categories to be added in the near future.

As the name would suggest, the LadiesONLY Driver community gives female passengers the option to ride with lady drivers and vice versa for a more comfortable ride. Users can now book a LadiesONLY ride by selecting the ‘Ride’ option on the airasia Super App.